Thanks a lot for the nice comments guys, and sorry to leave you hanging.
I changed just about everything I normally do.
Here's the way it went.
Bought the ribs at Costco's
(always got them at Sam's) I hope this had nothing to do with it. Costco's is 1 1/2 hours away.
Rubbed them the night before with a basic turbo sugar, onion, garlic, pepper. Then dusted them again before they went on.
(Previously, rubbed them a couple of hours before smoking.)
Used sand in the water bowl.
(Always used water before.)
They were BB's, did a 3 - 1.5 - .5
(Used to do 2.5 - 2 - .5)
Smoked them at 250 for the 3 & 1.5, then jacked the temp up to 300 for the last half hour without mopping with sauce.
(Always smoked them at 210-220, then finished the last 1/2 hour on the grill with bbq sauce on them.)
Used a modified version of Chef JJ's foiling sauce, added 1 extra tbs of rub, cut the honey to 1/3 cu, added 1/2 cup bbq sauce.
(His sauce was great before, but we just changed it to suit our taste)
Took the remaining sauce out of the foil, de-fatted it & poured it over the finished ribs.
(Before we just used bbq sauce on them the last 1/2 hour.
I think that's it.